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UAB gets commitment from Marietta receiver Luke Lewallen (video)

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UAB Head Coach Garrick McGee congratulates wide receiver Nyiakki Height after a scoring drive against Northwestern State in the second quarter of a NCAA college football game at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. McGee and UAB picked up a commitment from Luke Lewallen recently. (Mark Almond/malmond@al.com)

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - UAB added some size at the receiver position when Luke Lewallen from Marietta, Ga., recently committed.

Lewallen is now 6-foot-3 and 223 pounds and plays for Dominion Christian High School. He plays receiver, tight end and linebacker for his school, but figures to play the W-receiver position for UAB.

Lewallen said he committed to assistant coach Joseph Henry and head coach Garrick McGee a few days ago, and made it public on his Twitter account on Wednesday.

He went to a prospect camp in Dothan and later to one at UAB before receiving his offer.

"I just had a real good relationship with the coaches," Lewallen said. "They told me if I came, we could do big things. I felt real good about the communication with the coaching staff."

Lewallen said he wants to major in sports medicine and picked UAB over Middle Tennessee, Massachusetts and Georgia Southern. He's friends with receiver Collin Lisa, who has also committed to UAB and is from near Atlanta.

He said he plans on attending some UAB games later this year.

"I feel like they've got everything going for them with the new head coach and the offense," Lewallen said. "I've been talking to other recruits and we can come in and help the program do big things."